Bridge. iPhone painting after Andre Francois, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This iPhone finger painting was created in the app Inspire, after a watercolour by Andre Francois. Inspire was the app I chose for this finger painting, because of its excellent blending facility. Inspire lets you choose just how much pigment you put on your ‘brush’ [...]
Phoenix Awaits the Bonfires , originally uploaded by purple0wl. Bonfire night is bonanza time for the phoenix! Here he prepares for the Fifth of November. Well, the 6th actually. He will have to wait for the ashes from which he can rise again. The image of the phoenix too has gone through quite a few [...]
The Old Balloon Man To learn about iPhone (or iPod Touch) art, you can’t do better than join a group of like minded finger painters. Even better if the group conspire to set a different subject every week for members to paint. The Balloon Man was made for the Flickr group Fingerpaint THIS! Not only [...]
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Week 32: Alberto Giacometti, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This week I’ve been posing on my iphone for a portrait by Alberto Giacometti Mind you, I had to diet a bit, but I learned a lot… Copying famous artists’ styles is a wonderful way of discovering your own iphone or ipod finger painting style. Added to [...]
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It occurs to me that people who do not accept the legitimacy of digital art are not asking themselves “Is it Art?” but “Is it Photography?” Critics of art works created in computer art software – Corel Painter for instance – seem to regard drawing as some kind of fairground trick. Regardless of the often [...]
Week 29: Small, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Run any iphone painting through the photo app 101 PhotoEffects, and even if you don’t transform your finger work into a masterpiece, you’ll learn a lot. This seascape was painted on my iPhone in the app Inspire. In Inspire you can choose how much paint to load onto your [...]
Silver Pear, originally uploaded by purple0wl. In Apple’s iTunes app store, iPhone painting apps seem mainly to be listed under Entertainment. Well, yes. Doodling on an iPhone or iPod Touch can be as good as a good game, but iphone painting apps have been increasing in number and sophistication. Some artists are beginning to take [...]
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